Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-01-16
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
Regarding the Functions Of
an Important Organ.
OF which the Public Knows But
Worthy Careful Con-
sideratiOn.

To the Editor of the Scientific american:
WI you permit as to make kn0Cn to
the public the facts are hare learned
during the past s gears, concerning
disorders of the human kidneys and
the organs which diseased kidneys so
edsilg break dolVn. You are conducting
scientific paper and are anprejudiced
except an fdror Of Truth. II as useless
to sag no medical Journal Of "COde"
standing acould admit these facts tor
reFg 06U90u5 reasons.
II. II. WARNER &c CO.,
Proprietors Of Warmers Safe Cure. "
That we may emphasize and clearly
explain the relation the kidneys sus-
tain to the general health, and how
much is dependent upon them, we
propose, metaphorically speaking, to
take one from the human body, place
in the wash bowl before us. and ex-
anime it for the public benefit.
You will imagine that we have be-
fore us body shaped like bean,
smooth and glistening, about four
inches in length, two in width and
one in thickness 1t ordinarily weighs
in the adult male about five ounces,
but is somewhat lighter in the female.
A small organ? you say. But under
stand, the body OF the average size
man contains about ten quarts Of
blood, Of achich ereFy drop passes
through these filters or seacers, as they
may be called, many times a day,
as often as the heart, making a COM
plete revolution in three minutes.
From the blood they separate the
waste material, working away steadily
night and day, sleeping or waking,
tireless as the heart itself, and fully
of as much importance; removing
impurities from sixty-five gallons of
blood e4eh hour, or about forty nine
barrels each day, or 9,125 hogs
heads a year! What wonder that
the kidneys can last any length of
time under this prodigious strain,
treated and neglected as they are?
We slice this delicate organ open
lengthwise with our knife and will
roughly describe its interior:
We find it to be of a reddish
brown color, soft and easily torn.
filled with hundreds of little tubes,
short and thread-like, starting from
the arteries, ending in little tuft
about midway from the outside OPEN
ing of a cavity of considerable size,
which is called the pelvis, or, roughly
speaking, a sac, which is for the
purpose of holding the water to
further undergo publication before it
passes down from here into the
ureters, and SO on to the outside of
the body. These little tubes are
the filters which do their work auto
matically, and right here Is aUhere the
disease of the kidney first begins.
Doing the vast amount of work
which they are Obliged to, from the
slightest irregularity in our habits,
from cold, from high living, from
stimulants or thousand and one
other causes which occur every day,
they become somewhat weakened in
their nerve force.
What is the result? Congestion or
stoppage of the current of blood in
the small blood vessels surrounding
them, which become blocked; these
delicate membranes are irritated;
Inflammation IS set up, then pus is
formed, which collects in the pelvis or
sac; the tubes are at first partially,
and soon are totally, unable to do
their work. The pelvic sac goes on
distending with this corruption, pres
sing upon the blood vessels. All
this time, remember, the blood,
which is entering the kidneys to be
filtered, is passing through THIS terrible,
disgusting pus, for it cannot take any
other route
Stop and think of it for mo-
ment. Do you realize the importance,
nay the vital necessity, of having the
kidneys in order? Can you expect
when they are diseased or INSTRUCTED,
no matter how little, that you can
have pure blood and escape diseaSee
1t would be Just as reasonable to ex-
pect, if a pest house were set across
and countless thousands
were compelled to so through its
presidential doors. and escape from
and disease, as for one
to expect the God to escape pollution
when constantly running through u
kidney.
Now, what il the result? WHY,
that the blood takes up and deposits
this poison as it sweeps along into
every organ, into every inch OF muscle,
tissue, flesh and bone, from your
head. to your ieet. And whenever,
from hereditary u 6uence or otherwise,
some part OF the body is weaker
than another. q coGntless train OF dis
eases is establish ed, such as coa-
SUMPTION in weak lungs, dyspepsia,
where there is a delicate stomach
insanity, paralysis or
heart disease in those who have weak
nerves.
The heart must soon feel the effects OF
the poison, az 1t requires pure blood 10
keep ii IN right action. 1t increases its
stroke in number and force to COM
rensate for the natural stimulus want
ing, in its ende..vor 10 crowd the
impure blood through this obstruc-
ton. causing pain, palpitation, or an
feeling. Unnatural as
this forced labor is, the heart must
soon latter, becoming weaker and
until one day it suddenly
stops, and death from apparent
. heart disease" il the verdict.